Color Coding

Color Coding

Do you think the colour coding in this Windows APP (yet to be released)
is a step forward in the right direction? Just trying to do something
different from the Windows colours we have used since 2001!!!

Re:Color Coding

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Typography rules say the author should use colours wisely, rather
less than more, with very distinctive meaning of each colour.

The text and background looking like a colouring book for children
should be avoided, as overcolouring rather distracts people than
attracts them to important or otherwise relevant parts of
text/document.

Re: Color Coding

On 21-Aug.-2018 16:33, 😉 Good Guy 😉 wrote:
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> Do you think the colour coding in this Windows APP (yet to be released)
> is a step forward in the right direction? Just trying to do something
> different from the Windows colours we have used since 2001!!!
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> https://i.imgur.com/L9biHMU.png <https://i.imgur.com/L9biHMU.png>
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Re: Color Coding

On 21/08/2018 21:33, 😉 Good Guy 😉 wrote:
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> Do you think the colour coding in this Windows APP (yet to be
> released) is a step forward in the right direction? Just trying to do
> something different from the Windows colours we have used since 2001!!!
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> https://i.imgur.com/L9biHMU.png <https://i.imgur.com/L9biHMU.png>

Agghhh!

However, if, unlikely though I expect it is, that was to go into
production then I am certain that users would get used to it. In
particular, they would get used to the button colours and see the
colours rather than the text. If you later changed the colours you'd
have loads of complaints!

Re: Color Coding

Re: Color Coding

On 2018-08-21 18:53, Libor Striz wrote:
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> The text and background looking like a colouring book for children
> should be avoided, as overcolouring rather distracts people than
> attracts them to important or otherwise relevant parts of
> text/document.
[...]

The above is a common notion about the effects of colour. The effect of
colour are complicated. Colour has profound and somewhat surprising
effects on cognition.

Re: Color Coding

> On 21-Aug.-2018 16:33, 😉 Good Guy 😉 wrote:
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>> Do you think the colour coding in this Windows APP (yet to be
>> released) is a step forward in the right direction? Just trying to do
>> something different from the Windows colours we have used since 2001!!!
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>> https://i.imgur.com/L9biHMU.png <https://i.imgur.com/L9biHMU.png>
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> Very ugly looking piece of crap.
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Re: Color Coding

> On 2018-08-21 18:53, Libor Striz wrote:
> [...]
>> The text and background looking like a colouring book for children
>> should be avoided, as overcolouring rather distracts people than
>> attracts them to important or otherwise relevant parts of
>> text/document.
> [...]
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> The above is a common notion about the effects of colour. The effect of
> colour are complicated. Colour has profound and somewhat surprising
> effects on cognition.
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> Colour enhances visual memory, especially if the colours are natural:
> https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/color-images-more-memorab/>
> People's self-reported responses to colour conflicts with their
> physiological responses, which suggests a cultural bias toward colour:
> http://rsimons.psych.udel.edu/color3.htm>
> Colour has all kinds of positive effects from a marketing POV, including
> increase in comprehension and memory:
> http://rsimons.psych.udel.edu/color3.htm>
> Colour affects mood, which in turn affects cogntion and performance:
> https://www.colormatters.com/q-and-a/qa-color-and-learning>
> Best,
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But general effects of colours to human perception are different
to effects in information presentation.

In the former it is part of primary perception, in the latter it
is the secondary metainformation.

Re: Color Coding

On 2018-08-22 10:40, Libor Striz wrote:

> Wolf K <[hidden email]> Wrote in message:
>> On 2018-08-21 18:53, Libor Striz wrote:
>> [...]
>>> The text and background looking like a colouring book for children
>>> should be avoided, as overcolouring rather distracts people than
>>> attracts them to important or otherwise relevant parts of
>>> text/document.
>> [...]
>>
>> The above is a common notion about the effects of colour. The effect of
>> colour are complicated. Colour has profound and somewhat surprising
>> effects on cognition.
>>
>> Colour enhances visual memory, especially if the colours are natural:
>> https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/color-images-more-memorab/>>
>> People's self-reported responses to colour conflicts with their
>> physiological responses, which suggests a cultural bias toward colour:
>> http://rsimons.psych.udel.edu/color3.htm>>
>> Colour has all kinds of positive effects from a marketing POV, including
>> increase in comprehension and memory:
>> http://rsimons.psych.udel.edu/color3.htm>>
>> Colour affects mood, which in turn affects cogntion and performance:
>> https://www.colormatters.com/q-and-a/qa-color-and-learning>>
>> Best,
>>
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> But general effects of colours to human perception are different
> to effects in information presentation.
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> In the former it is part of primary perception, in the latter it
> is the secondary metainformation.

"Primary perception" affects everything else. Eg, the emotional effects
of colour affect how information is processed. In your case, you
apparently associate a multi-coloured information screen with "a
colouring book for children", which brings up a negative response. This
is also a nice example of how emotional responses are affected by
culture and personal experience.

Not to mention that "perception" is a fuzzy concept, covering everything
from highly focused attention to sub-aware response, so that any
discussion about design will be as fuzzy as the implicit assumptions
about perception.

Re: Color Coding

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> "Primary perception" affects everything else. Eg, the emotional effects
> of colour affect how information is processed. In your case, you
> apparently associate a multi-coloured information screen with "a
> colouring book for children", which brings up a negative response. This
> is also a nice example of how emotional responses are affected by
> culture and personal experience.
>
> Not to mention that "perception" is a fuzzy concept, covering everything
> from highly focused attention to sub-aware response, so that any
> discussion about design will be as fuzzy as the implicit assumptions
> about perception.

Re: Color Coding

> Mark Rousell wrote:
>> On 22/08/2018 01:33, Mark Rousell wrote:
>> [stuff]
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>> Woohoo, the posting delay has gone away. Thank you to anyone who fettled
>> the mail software.
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> Mark,
> I am not an english native, (english is not my mother tongue).
> What is the meaning of /fettle/?

I used it to mean "fixed or made better". I.e. What Rolf K suggested,
"work on piece/part to bring it best fit and/or appearance".

The word is is sometimes used, often in a slightly light-hearted manner,
in relation to (often fiddly) work repairing things, making them work
better, or making them look better. I am not certain but it might be
more common in British English than other versions of English.

If you watch the tv programme 'Wheeler Dealers' then you may hear Edd
China using the word for his mechanical work from time to time.

Re: Color Coding

> On 22/08/2018 01:36, Mark Rousell wrote:
>> On 22/08/2018 01:33, Mark Rousell wrote:
>> [stuff]
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>> Woohoo, the posting delay has gone away. Thank you to anyone who fettled
>> the mail software.
>>
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> There was no posting delay in this particular NG. It is only the
> Firefox and Thunderbird newsgroups had some problems but they have
> been fixed.
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> You might know that those two newsgroups are moderated so some posters
> here have their posts delayed by up to 12 hours depending on the
> time-zone and when ChrisI logs-in.

(a) In fact there certainly was a mail posting delay on this group,
mozilla.general. The following recent messages of mine to this group
were delayed:

I also had one message to m.support.thunderbird on 15th August delayed
by 9 hours.

(N.B. I read and post to all the mozilla.* groups, including this one,
as mail lists.)

(b) I emailed Chris Ilias (on 17th August) to enquire as to whether
there was a technical problems or if my posts were being delayed by
moderation and he confirmed that none of my messages had gone through
the moderator queue (and that m.general is not moderated) and that I was
probably experiencing a server issue.

Hence my message of thanks to whoever it was who fixed the issue on the
server.

Re: Color Coding

EnDeeGee wrote:
> Good Guy wrote:
>> Do you think the colour coding in this Windows APP (yet to be released)
>> is a step forward in the right direction? Just trying to do something
>> different from the Windows colours we have used since 2001!!!
>> https://i.imgur.com/L9biHMU.png <https://i.imgur.com/L9biHMU.png>
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> Very ugly looking piece of crap.

Case of "onward we trod to the past". The checkbox texts should
be dancing gif's to complete the 90's look.

Re: Color Coding

> Wolf K <[hidden email]> Wrote in message:
>
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>> "Primary perception" affects everything else. Eg, the emotional effects
>> of colour affect how information is processed. In your case, you
>> apparently associate a multi-coloured information screen with "a
>> colouring book for children", which brings up a negative response. This
>> is also a nice example of how emotional responses are affected by
>> culture and personal experience.
>>
>> Not to mention that "perception" is a fuzzy concept, covering everything
>> from highly focused attention to sub-aware response, so that any
>> discussion about design will be as fuzzy as the implicit assumptions
>> about perception.
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> Quite fuzzy statements,
> compared to well justified
> and clear typographic rules. :-)
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Touche. :-)

But keep in mind that since the rules are about perceptions, and
perceptions change (eg, they are subject to fashion), the rules change too.

Re: Color Coding

> EnDeeGee wrote:
>> Good Guy wrote:
>>> Do you think the colour coding in this Windows APP (yet to be released)
>>> is a step forward in the right direction? Just trying to do something
>>> different from the Windows colours we have used since 2001!!!
>>> https://i.imgur.com/L9biHMU.png <https://i.imgur.com/L9biHMU.png>
>>
>> Very ugly looking piece of crap.
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> Case of "onward we trod to the past". The checkbox texts should
> be dancing gif's to complete the 90's look.
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> -p
>

Please note: "trod" is the past tense of "tread".

Just one of the half dozen or so solecisms that really, really make my
teeth grate.

Re: Color Coding

On 2018-08-22 21:52, Mark Rousell wrote:
> On 23/08/2018 00:15, Mark Rousell wrote:
>> I used it to mean "fixed or made better". I.e. What Rolf K suggested
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> When I wrote "Rolf K" above I of course meant to write "Wolf K". Sorry
> about that!
>

Well, since Rolf is short for Rudolf, which means "famous wolf", I can't
say I'm offended. :-)

Re: Color Coding

> PietB wrote:
>> EnDeeGee wrote:
>>> Good Guy wrote:
>>>> Do you think the colour coding in this Windows APP (yet to be released)
>>>> is a step forward in the right direction? Just trying to do something
>>>> different from the Windows colours we have used since 2001!!!
>>>> https://i.imgur.com/L9biHMU.png <https://i.imgur.com/L9biHMU.png>
>>>
>>> Very ugly looking piece of crap.
>>
>> Case of "onward we trod to the past". The checkbox texts should
>> be dancing gif's to complete the 90's look.
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> Please note: "trod" is the past tense of "tread".

Please note that "trod" is also the past participle of "tread".
In this case it stands for "mission accomplished". Of course
there's always room for retrograde "improvement".